• NICVD is first tertiary cardiac care institute in South Asia.
• ChildLife introduced unique provider-to-provider consultation.
• Dr Sattar said this partnership covers best practices on telemedicine.

KARACHI: National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICVD) and ChildLife Foundation have signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate and develop a mechanism where children with cardiology issues will be consulted through telemedicine and referred to NICVD if required.

Dr. Abdul Sattar, Head of Pediatric Cardiac Services NICVD, and Dr. Ahson Rabbani, CEO of ChildLife Foundation, have signed the MoU.

It is to be noted that NICVD is the first tertiary cardiac care institute in South Asia as well as the flagship facility for cardiology in Pakistan with a focus on superior care for patients.

The ChildLife has introduced unique provider-to-provider consultation model of Telemedicine Satellite Centers (TSCs) to cater to the children’s emergency cases in 200 plus district and tehsil hospitals of the country.

“This collaboration is a testimony of the innovative Telemedicine services ChildLife team has developed and scaled. We are honored to partner with NICVD to share our telemedicine practices and experience to save lives with this virtual emergency care model throughout the country.

“The initiative of building a process for patient-referral with NICVD is really a moment of pride, as this will allow us to spread the cause of providing free-of-cost healthcare services throughout Pakistan,” said Dr. Ahson Rabbani.

Dr. Abdul Sattar of NICVD said that “This partnership covers sharing best practices on telemedicine, referral, and quality of care. NICVD provides quality healthcare absolutely free-of-cost to millions of deserving patients for patients with cardiovascular disease through its countrywide network of hospitals in Pakistan.

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“In partnership with ChildLife Foundation, we aim to extend our reach to the untapped geographic areas of Pakistan through telemedicine, adding value to the common mission of treating the sickest and poorest ones in the country, free-of-cost”.